Auckland Region

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The Black Ferns have hammered Australia in Albany to end their Pacific Nations campaign.

Childhood friends Alex Towler and Jackson Harvey are bringing their retrofuturistic Lego exhibition to the Auckland Museum this winter. Audio

The $2 million funding includes $400,000 for community-led clean-ups, and $200,000 for a marketing campaign.

First, the thieves took a safe - so staff replaced it. Then they came back for another safe, and another.

A teen has been fatally stabbed at a Dunedin bus hub amid been rising fears about safety at stations.

A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said they were called to reports of the smell of gas at The Strand arcade at 1.49pm.

Kiwa Ropitini-Fairburn, 25, and Tony Marsters, 24, died in the blaze on Freshney Place earlier this month.

Police say the arrest related to an earlier incident, when a shop in the city was found to be selling stolen chocolate.

Auckland police are seeking a man over an assault which left an elderly train worker unconscious in March.

South Auckland councillors and local boards say last week's long-term plan decision was a lost battle for the council's remaining 11 percent stake in Auckland Airport.

A store owner near Auckland's Sky Tower says the area needs more police.

Police thanked the public who assisted with finding 16-year-old Paitele.

Allenby Park Hotel in Papatoetoe was put in lockdown on Wednesday night after a gun was fired.

One person was taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

Supporters of the Waikato to Auckland train Te Huia say Auckland Council is not doing its part to support the passenger service.

A South Auckland hotel was briefly put in lockdown on Wednesday after a gun was fired.

An Auckland woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter following the death of her four-week-old son.

"Everyone needs to have a high degree of personal awareness when they walk around the city, especially after dark," the deputy mayor says. Audio

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is pouring cold water on talk of his council's rubbish going north to a proposed $730 million Kaipara waste-to-energy plant.